Show:
Act 1: Scenes 1 & 2
Act 1: Scenes 3 - 5
Act 2: Scenes 1 & 2
Vocab
Name that Line
100
Where does this play take place?
Verona
100
What big event is happening in scene 3?
The Capulets are hosting a feast.
100
Where does Romeo go after the feast?
He sneaks back into the Capulet orchard, conveniently near Juliet's window.
100
Come hither, covered with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity? What does "come hither" mean in this context?
Come here
100
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Juliet
200
Who are the feuding families?
Montagues and Capulets
200
Why is Romeo reluctant to go to the feast?
He had a bad dream about it -or- he has a bad feeling about an "untimely death."
200
What does Romeo compare Juliet to?
The sun
200
By her high forehead and her scarlet lip, By her fine foot, straight leg, and quivering thigh, What is a scarlet lip?
Red lips
200
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Romeo
300
What kind of gesture is it to bite your thumb at someone?
An insult
300
How does Tybalt recognize Romeo?
His voice.
300
What is Friar Lawrence's fear in Scene 2?
That Romeo had wrongly spent the night with Rosaline.
300
Take thou some new infection to thy eye, And the rank poison of the old will die. What is "infection to thy eye" a metaphor for?
Being in love/lovesick
300
O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. . . . She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomi Athwart men’s noses as they lie asleep.
Mercutio
400
Why does Romeo want to go to the Capulet party?
To see Rosaline
400
What problem is raised in this scene?
The fact that Romeo is a Monatgue and Juliet is a Capulet. The families hate each other.
400
What plans does Juliet make for Romeo the next morning?
She plans to send someone to make sure that he really loves her and wants to marry her.
400
I hear some noise within. Dear love, adieu.— Anon, good Nurse!—Sweet Montague, be true. Stay but a little. I will come again. What does "adieu" mean?
Goodbye
400
I fear too early, for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night’s revels, and expire the term Of a despisèd life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death. But he that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail. On, lusty gentlemen.
Romeo
500
Who asks Capulet to marry Juliet?
Paris/County Paris
500
How does Romeo convince Juliet to kiss him?
He tells her it is the way to erase his sins, since she is a saint and he is a sinner.
500
What plea or agreement does Juliet propose aloud to herself?
If Romeo says he loves her, she will drop her Capulet name. -or- If Romeo drops his Montague name, Juliet will give herself to him.
500
Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast. Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest. Hence will I to my ghostly friar’s close cell, His help to crave and my dear hap to tell. What does "dear hap" mean?
Good luck
500
Content thee, gentle coz. Let him alone. He bears him like a portly gentleman, And, to say truth, Verona brags of him To be a virtuous and well-governed youth. I would not for the wealth of all the town Here in my house do him disparagement.
Capulet